CRN Security News

As Sophos continues to propel its growth in an exploding market for cybersecurity technologies, the U.K.-based vendor has landed a $1.6 billion valuation in its Initial Public Offering (IPO), according to a filing Friday.

Pulse Secure has named new CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna to lead the charge as the San Jose, Calif.-based company continues its evolution into an independent mobile security company after its October split from Juniper.

As application companies become more aware of the importance of security best practices in development, application security software company Checkmarx is grabbing the attention of big-name investors, announcing on Thursday that it had landed $84 million in Series D funding.

As the U.S. payment industry preps for the EMV October liability shift, the door opens on a great opportunity for solution providers in the POS space to protect SMBs from hefty settlements. Via itbestofbreed.com

First, it was the networking vendors, cloud providers and telecom companies. Now, the latest report from leaked NSA documents showed the government agency also targeted security vendors to access vendor and client networks and track users.

In the latest of a series of big executive additions for ForeScout Technologies, the Campbell, Calif.-based company has added former Hewlett-Packard Vice President Rob Greer as chief marketing officer.

Take a look at what some of the top public sector solution providers recommend the federal government should do to ramp up its security strategy in wake of the recent megabreach exposing the records of more than 4 million federal workers.

While news of corporate megabreaches has been driving security investments, solution providers said they hope reports of a breach of the Houston Astros by the rival St. Louis Cardinals shines light on another challenge: corporate spying.

Password management company LastPass is the latest security vendor victim of a cyberattack. While the company said it has taken steps to make sure its clients and enterprise partners are protected, solution providers said the breach points to a trend of sophisticated attackers targeting security vendors.